Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-25
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO

What Was Going on in the Year rSsS
After tho First War
Jady's Annual: What was doing in
the world a hundred years ego--in 1886 /?
Let us see, now. how are newspapers.
magazines, and an old pocketbook. What
ia this2 The story of the queen g neck
lace. Cardinal de Rhoan had nursed for
ten years an insane love for Marie
Antoinette; and the Countess de la Motto
to make capital of this folly, induced the
ceruinal to believe that the queen recip-
rocated his passion, and, after extorting
various sums OF money, persuaded him
to buy o diamond necklace. made nv
Boehmer for Nine. Dubarry, as q present
for the queen, De Rohan swallowed the
bait, handed the necklace to the countess
to give to the queen and received a
letter of acknowledgment signed Marie
Antoinette de France. The countess in
reality sold the necklace in England,
but, the jeweler not being paid, applied
to the queen for his money, and, as the
queen denied all knowledge OF the
matter, brought an action against her.
The trial lasted nine months and created
immense scandal. The Comte de la
Motto was fully convicted of contempt
of court, and condemned, when taken, to
be whipped and marked with the letter
q A L. and to be sent to the gaIIeys for
life. Nine. Jeanne Valois de la Motto
was ordered to be whipped and marked
with the lettef Y upon her t#a shoulders,
with halter round the neck, and con-
fined for life in the Saipetriere. V;lette
was banished. The Cardinal de Rohan
and M. de Cagliostro were discharged
from all accusation, while Mile Oliya
was dismissed the court. The sentence
on the unfortunate lady was
carried out June 81. When the
sentence was read to her it threw her
into the most frantic rage and she utter
ed fearful imprecations against the
court. the parliament and the cardinal,
but her courage deserted her when she
felt the hangman placing the rope about
her neck, while at the sight OF the in
struments for her further punishment,
the brand, ETC., and the red-hot fire, she
cursed and swore in the most unwoman.
like manner. She rolled on the ground
and kicked Of the executioner with snch
violence that some strength was requlr-
ed to preform the eignominious operation.
The instant it was accomplished she was
conducted to the Sslpetriere. What
was doing at home. Here is an English
ehest--a dangerous one, two. An
imposter, under pretense OF being
q cripple, had long been charge
upon the parish of Godstone, in
Surrey, and, on being detected by sur
geon of that town, threw q handbill at
that gentleman's legs as he was proceed
ing with his son to the poorhouse. He
then pursued, and overtaking them
brought the father to the ground by o
blow from his crutch. This was follow
ed by repetition OF blows on the het d
| with his hsndbill. until it was actually
buried in the skull. The unfortunate
| surgeons hand was also severed from
| the arm in endeavoring to save his head,
| and thumb was afterward found at some
distance. AT this terrible r.arnent the
little boy, seizing the murderer's crutch,
struck him such blow that it staggered
him, bat fearing his fathers fate he ran
to call assistance, and in the meanwhile
the villain made off though soon after
he was found hid in copse
On being seized he lamented
| that the overseer had escaped his ven
gesnce. They hanged people in the
streets hundred years ago. In January
John Hogan, q mulBtto, WAS executed o,
a gibbet in Charlotte street for the mar.
der OF a servant of Mr. Orrell of this
street. 1t appears that the last gibbe
erected in England was for George Cook
q bookbinder OF Leicester, who was exc
cuted for the murder OF MIR. Pass, q Lon
don commercial traveller. Cooks body
was put on gibbet thirty three feet hief
Saturday, August IL, 1882 in Saffron
lane. Aylestone, near Leicester, bu
4 owing to the great disturbances which
arose among the crowds of people VIII,
thronged the place Sundays, it wa
broken down by order OF the secretar,
OF state, and buried on the spot wher
the gibbet stood.